Bench-vise



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PatentedMar.29,1921.

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UNITED EDGAR O. MUNGER, F GENEVA, OHIO.

BEN CI'I-VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

Application filed July 6, 1920. Serial No. 394,205.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR O. MUNGER, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula and lltate of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Bench-Vises, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to vises adapted to be secured to Workbenches forthe use of carpenters and others; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front or plan view of a vise constructedaccording to this invention. Fig. 2 is an end View of the same.

A supporting plate 8 is provided, and may be secured to any work benchor other suitable support, and arranged either vertically orhorizontally. A jaw 4% is secured to the plate 8, and it has a small lip5 at its outer edge. A. rod 6 is provided with a row oi holes? arrangedlongitudinally in one end portion of it, and 8 is a pin which proj cotsfrom the plate 3 and engages with any one of the holes 7. A nut 9 isprovided for retainiiuy; the rod 6 on the pin. A jaw 10 is pivoted tothe tree end portion of the rod 6 by a pin 12. The jaw 10 has a lip 14along its outer edge, and it has projection 15 at one end which projectstoward the aw 4.

The vise is adapted to hold any article having a tapering end portion16. The tapering portion is thrust between the two vise jaws with oneend of it bearing against the projection 15. The article is clamped bymoving it or the pivoted vise jaw so that both jaws bear hard againstthe opposite sides of the end portion of the article. The rod or bar 6is set on the pivot pin so as to hold articles of different size betweenthe jaws. The article is unclamped by pulling it forcibly in a directionto separate the vise jaws, or by striking the projection 15 a light blowwith a hammer.

hat I claim is:

1. A vise, comprising a supporting plate, a vise aw secured to theplate, a rod having one end portion pivoted to the plate, and a secondvise jaw pivoted to the free end portion of the said rod and adapted toclamp an article against the first said vise jaw.

2. A vise, comprising a supporting plate, a vise jaw secured to theplate and having a projecting lip at its outer edge, a rod having oneend portion pivoted to the plate, and a second vise jaw pivoted to thefree end portion of the said rod and having a. lip along its outer edgeand a projection at one end which projects toward the first said Intestimony whereof T: have affixed my signature.

EDGAR O. MUNGEB.

